Refrigerating apparatus.



W. N. AMSBARY.

REFRIGERATING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED APR.30,1912.

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

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Specification o' lette Application tiled pil l, 13152.. I Serial No.

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Be it known Athat I, lli/Timmer il. BABY, a. citizen of the United States America, residing at Los Angeles. in thY county of Los Angeles, State of California,`

ment and combination of parts and devices.

therein as will be apparent from the description and claims which follow hereinafter.v I

.Objects -of the inventicui are to provide apparatus of `the class specified which is light and easily portable, simple in charac` ter, economical to manufacture and main tain, and convenient and effec-tive inl use;7

Other 'objects andt-he advantages of the invent-ion will be apparent to thosr skilled gli in the art from a consideration of the following description of the preferred. form of apparatus embodying it, taken in connection with 'the accompanying drawings in which-` Figure l is a sectional view in elevation of refrigerating apparatus embodying the' invention, and F ig. -2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l.

The preferably circular casing 2 is formed of erforated or reticulated material, preff era ly wire netting, to provide an open able cover 9.

framework 3 having thereon a covering #i of suitable absorbent fabric. 'lhe lower end portion of the casing2 may be fitted in a basin 5 into which water 'Y or other suitable fluid -may be poured through the spout. G..

A suitable loor 8 is arranged on the interior of thecasing 2 to have its under surface disposed at a level above that of the upper end of the basin 5 so that air may circulate freely through the portion of the casing 2 which is disposed between the door 8 and the basin 5.

At the top of the casing 2 is itted a suit- As shown, the cover 9 may consist of a basin 10 adapted to hold water or other fluid 11 therein and having fitted therein thelower portion of the device l2 for cooling said water. The device l2 n' thereon l For con the cover-9 a red l,

er end the handle l?, may be rota taoly arranged in openings substantially centrally through the de Yice 1 2 and the bottorn i0 of the basin l0. In order to per init of readily separating the device 12 from' the basin l0, a spring 18 may be interposer between the washers -19 and 20 loosely inounted on the rod 15 and respectively bearing against the underside of tlie device 12 and the upper side of the bottom l0 ofthe on its lower eno. the head 16 and onl basin l0; the rod l5 being threaded through ahnut 2l secured 'to the upper side of the device 12 so that by turning the handle l? the device l2 may be raised from the basin l0, the spring 18 acting at the saine time to f:

separate the device 12 from the basin l0.

ylChe cover 9 may rest on a suitable bracket secured on the interior of the casing 2.

A bail 23 may be aflixed to the casing 2 and it has thereon the handle 24 for convenientlycarrying the casing 2 when desired.

In use, the articles to be cooled having been placed on the door 8 1n the interior of .the casing 2 and the cover 9 being placed in position on the Atop portion of the casino 2, the liquid in the basin 5 is continuously taken up by capillary attract-ion of the covering el of absorbent fabric of the casing 2. The evaporation of the liquid on the covering l effects a ,cooling of the casing 2 and consequently of the air and the articles on the interior of the casi-ng, as will be readily understood. t y

Though only one forni of construction ein'A bodying the invention has beenparticularly illustrated and described there are many changes and modifications thereof that will readily occur to those skilled in the art, wherefore the right is rese 1ved to all such changes and modifications as do not depart from the spirit and scope of 'the invention as deined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. improved refrigerating apparatus,coin prising'a casing consist-ing of a perforated framework and 'acovering of absorbent rnaterial thereon, a basin adapted to hold fluid into which the lower end portion of said casing is fitted, a' floor arranged in said casing above and spaced from the u per end of the basin, another basin adapte to hold id and fitted into the upper end portion of said easing, a covering for the last mentioned basin including absorbent material extending into thev last mentioned basin, and a rod provided with a handle thereon and passing through the last mentioned covering and eminected with the last mentioned basin.

In i'erigelating apparatus, the coinbination of a casing consisting of a perforated framework and `a covering of ai sorbent abrio thereonja basin adapted to hold fluid into which the lower end poi tion of said easing is fitted, a floor arranged in said easing above the upper end of said basin, a basin adapted to hold fluid fitted on the upper end portion of said easing, a cooling device fitted in the last mentioned basin,

said device consisting of aperforated framework and a eoijering of 4absorbent fabric thereon, a nut on said cover, a rod threaded through said nut and connected with the last mentioned basin, a handle on said rodJ and a. spring interposed between said cover and the last mentioned basin,` substantially as and vt'oi' the 'purposes set forth.

ln testimony whereoLI have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California, this 23rd day of April A. D. 1912.

WLLAM N. AMSBARY. Witnesses:

HARRY A. Bnoons, ALEX. H. Lnnnicns. 

